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Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Ribbon Overload

Good morning to everyone! You were warned yesterday about the ribbon/bow overload! This is probably the most OTT card that I have done lately so it just had to be posted today. I did this entire card just so I could demo the gold crochet ribbon rose, then we sold out of the ribbon, go figure! I just wanted to show that this ribbon makes the same kind of rose that the cream crochet ribbon makes. The version that I did demo of this card involved using the Grand Impressibility to emboss the gold Labels 20 die. I really liked the way that came out, but I didn't get a picture of it before they whisked it away to be sent out to the email recipient. Under the heading of "you just never know", I was not going to show this card as I wasn't crazy about it, when one of the stage hands went absolutely nuts over it. I thought who knows, maybe it is someone else's cup of tea so to speak, so here it is. It is out of my comfort zone somewhat as I don't use metallics a great deal, but I was itching to use the background paper that I have had in my stash for some time.

Well, it seems that I spoke to soon as we had a day of rain here on Monday! However, judging by the comments that were left yesterday, I will take the rain over the weather that some of you back in England are having (gale force winds, snow, etc.)! I hope today brings some nicer weather for all of us! All for now, Sue x

93 comments:

Saw you demo this Sue on potw and thought wow, hope it goes on your blog so I can see how it was done again as a reminder. Thank you. Gale force winds and rain here in Southampton, hope everyone else has a good day. lol Lynne M

It is a very dramatic card and very lovely. Lets face it, Sue you are not capable of doing a card which is not great. Vee x ps your followers in SCOTLAND are also having bad weather LOL ;{} (peace). It is early morning here (still dark) and the wind is howling at the door and heavy rain battering windows!!

Oh my goodness, isn´t there anything, you can´t get to look gorgeous? This is just awesome too Sue. I soo love the gold and black together, it looks sooo amazing. Just love this one and it´s certainly a wouw card, that´s for sure.Hope you enjoy the warm in sunny Florida, while we´re freezing into our bones here in the cold BRRRRR.

beautiful card, have been playing with some card and managed to do the pleats the one you showed on the POTW in purple card, your truly appreciated card holding hands die, blustry here in herne bay, Melaniexx

Beautiful! I love the use of the foliage too..very dramatic....the weather where I am on the edge of the Cotswolds has been lovely for the time of year, though it is raining today, not too cold though! Carole Z x

the ladies above are right SUe, it is another fabulous creation and I too love black on cards, very smart and stylish - just one question? how on earth do you post these dimensional beauties?! lolHeidi :-)

Black and gold... wow so lovely!!!!In januar my family coming to Florida and Turks and caicos... Look forward to bring some time in warmer country, here we just got the storm Berit;( Hugs Susanne from Sweden

morning Sue...no weather no better!!!!! I am so glad you posted this card I just loved it when I saw it as a sample...just my kinda card...ribbon overload NEVER just perfect for a really classy card....still waiting for my POTW how frustrating not to be able to get on and play...hope you are.... take care Margaret

Black and gold always go together well, your card is gorgeous as ever, love the gold ribbon rose , The wind is howling here in the northeast of Scotland. Wish i had gone to Florida this year, there's always next year Sue . Yvonne xx

Hi SueBeautiful , but probable not my cup of tea, however, I do like the black and gold.I was lucky enough to get the crochet ribbon before it sold out, I will have to force myself to use it, instead of just taking it out to look at it.THE WEATHER IS TERRIBLE, mind I do live in the wettest county in England.xxx Janet

Back to ribbons that you know and love eh Sue!! The white ribbon really enhances the card. Now I wonder if you could make this using mirriboard!!! Only joking. Hope the warm weather is back soon.Elaine

I do like the colour combination of gold and black. And the crotchet ribbon is stunning. love how you use the ribbon as flowers - very inventive. I think the card is stunning and perhaps can understand why you are not keen on it, because it is not something that you normally do. But I think its great to do that. and the result is stunning. I am still yet to watch all your shows, ordered the stuff, but it is still recorded on my box.

Hi Sue, well I am shocked today. I really thought we had similar taste but I must disagree today. I love this card! It reminds me of Robert Shaws' Henry VIII in 'A Man for All Seasons'. The costumes he wore were often black and gold with alot of gilt passementerie. Truly regal, a bit ostentatious, but not in a vulgar way. (Boy do I watch too many films!) 'More' of this please!! Regards Linda

This is gorgeous Sue! That gold rose is so elegant and all the extra elements and that luscious bow! I love it all :) It is probably not something I would go to often either, but I love it for a special card!

I like the black and gold combination especially doing some foliage in each colour and against the backing paper everything really works well together. I must confess though that the bow is a bit too much for my taste. Sorry everyone is having a rough day, it's just started getting windy here in Suffolk but no rain fortunately.

I love this card Sue, only problem is that I really want to try and make one similar. Have been buying more sets of dies just to try all these different cards out. Ohh wellkeeps me busy when weather absolutely terrible, high high winds and flooding in Scotland

Maybe Im a bit flamboyant, because I dont find this OTT, I absolutely love it, the colours are perfect, the ribbon and everything is soo amazing. Im just playing catch up, after lots of Christmas shopping etc, so Ive Just caught up on 14 days of cards, this one is my favourite and todays is my second favourite, they are quite similar in a couple of ways, thank you Sue xx

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